. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 34 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN or three kinds nesting there, as well as many of the water birds. A hunting club has had the privilege of shooting during the season for many years. It has been the wish of the bird-lovers that this spot might be saved or protected for the birds and their wish has been granted. A Golf club has ben organized, leasing 160 acres from the estate of Mr. Ar- thur Dixon, the lake lying in the cen- ter of the property. The young men organizing the club have named the lake "Ruth Lake" after one of their friends who died in F
. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 34 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN or three kinds nesting there, as well as many of the water birds. A hunting club has had the privilege of shooting during the season for many years. It has been the wish of the bird-lovers that this spot might be saved or protected for the birds and their wish has been granted. A Golf club has ben organized, leasing 160 acres from the estate of Mr. Ar- thur Dixon, the lake lying in the cen- ter of the property. The young men organizing the club have named the lake "Ruth Lake" after one of their friends who died in France. The birds are to be protected on the en- tire property including the lake. Every such bit of wild landscape protected and made accessible for public enjoyment will be educative in its influence. When the beauty of a marsh and its significant revelation of wild life become generally recog- will become a matter of Photo by Calvin R. Cahn nized, their preservation N orma Miss Alice Jean Patterson writes: We have had an unusual number of Golden-crowned King- lets in this locality all winter. They have been feeding around the clumps of shrubs on the campus. Cardinals also have been more numerous than usual. They have been singing continu- ally since the last of January. The Bohemian Waxwings were seen here the first week in January. A Red-breasted Nuthatch has been feeding in the yard of a neighbor all winter. The first Robin I saw was on February first. On the same day in Bloomington six were seen together in a yard. My first Bluebird was recorded the twenty-fourth. I have reports of several seen the twenty-fifth. A Song Sparrow was heard the eighteenth. The fifth and sixth grade children are starting on their bird houses. Some will be put up on the campus, some on home grounds. The seventh grade boys are planning a Martin box to be placed on the campus. The Boy Scouts of the vicinity of Bloomington and Normal are getting ready for a bird house contest. They hope to
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